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The Apollo Aviation Securitization Equity Trust 2016-2 is supported by the receivables of 35 aircraft leases to 22 airlines in 20 countries, with an initial portfolio value of $792.2 million – which is almost a quarter of the investment management firm’s $3.1 billion in total aviation assets under management.

You can’t pull money out of thin air, but that’s what Sprint Corp. appears to be doing by entering into a sale-and-leaseback agreement for a portfolio of licenses granted by the U.S. government

PFS Corp. is preparing a $200 million securitization of loans used to finance insurance premiums, according to Moody's Investors Service.

Mid-market business equipment leasing firms Ascentium Capital and Axis Capital has each launched securitizations of recent contract pools.

Insight Wireless Group is issuing another $301.5 million of notes backed by cellular towers, according to Fitch Ratings.

Orange Lake Country Club is marketing $176 million of notes backed by timeshare loans, according to Fitch Ratings.

The Florida Public Service Commission has a beef with Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s Investors Service, and Fitch Ratings, which all characterize bonds backed by utility fees as a kind of structured finance, rather than as corporate bonds.

Sprint Corp. is borrowing against its most valuable asset – the airwaves – to buy more time for a turnaround.

The Florida Public Service Commission takes issue with the way that three U.S. credit rating agencies classify certain bonds issued on behalf of two power companies that operate in the state.

Vertical Bridge CC, LL Secured Tower Revenue Notes, Series 2016-2 is a $196 million pooling of its 407 communications broadcast towers, including 377 that it acquired in a sale-leaseback transaction in December 2014 with iHeartMedia, Inc., the radio broadcast station ownership giant and its largest client.

NextGear, a unit of Cox Enterprises, is marketing its second offering of the year of notes backed by inventory financing for used auto dealers, according to rating agency reports

Some big investors are keeping their powder dry in the event that an exogenous event roils the financial markets; in the meantime, it’s a challenge to put money to work in assets that produce decent returns without taking on excessive risk.

Unfavorable court decisions, heightened regulatory attention and a thumb’s down from famed “Big Short” personality Steven Eisman are making no dent in the enthusiasm for marketplace lending (MPL) securitization.

Navitas Credit Corp. is pursuing its third securitization of small and mid-ticket commercial equipment lease and loan receivables in a $202.9 million notes structure.

The trailing 12-month U.S. speculative-grade default rate rose slightly to 5.7% in August, representing the market’s highest default rate since June 2010, according to Moody’s Investors Service.

Jefferies said it received excellent demand for the $293.255 million of tobacco settlement pass-through bonds it priced for the New York Counties Tobacco Trust VI.

CNH Industrial Capital America and Balboa Capital Corp. launched a combined $1.01 billion of bonds backed by equipment leases Friday.

Vistana Signature Experiences, a former unit of Starwood Hotels & Resorts, is marketing its first timeshare loan securitization under its new corporate structure.

Seven New York counties are issuing another $292 million of bond backed by tobacco settlement payments